When sports retailer Nike made clear it was after a one-stop shop for legal advice, Dutch firm Kennedy Van der Laan internalised the brand’s famous slogan and Just Did it. Unsurprising, given that the brand churns out $25bn in annual global revenues. But nothing is ever as easy as just doing it, especially given that […]

DLA Piper has advised the shareholder of Amazing Holding on the sale of B2S Group to Q-Dance Partners, part of SFX/ID&T. SFX/ID&T has acquired 50 per cent of the shares of B2S, a Dutch festival promoter. The other 50 per cent was already held by acquisition entity Q-Dance. The deal will give SFX/ID&T a larger […]

Weightmans has appointed Alison Littley, the former chief executive of public sector procurement agency Buying Solutions, as its first non-executive director. Littley’s appointment follows a lengthy search for a non-executive which kicked off last year (29 April 2013). Littley served as CEO of Buying Solutions between 2006 and 2011, having previously held management roles at […]

In January 2014, the FCA issued guidance on proportionality in the operation of certain remuneration provisions. The remuneration provisions have been among the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive’s (AIFMD’s) most controversial elements. Three of these provisions in particular have attracted industry attention: retained structures, deferral and performance adjustment. Subject to various conditions, the retained structures rules […]

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By Gwendoline Davies In 2016 the Court of Appeal ruled that anti-variation clauses in commercial contracts had no legal effect and that contracts could be varied despite prior express restrictions to the contrary. That has now been unanimously overturned by the Supreme Court in MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd v Rock Advertising Ltd. Walker Morris’ Head of […]

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Welcome to the first edition of Financial Services Matters, Walker Morris’ brand new regular newsletter for Financial Services clients. Our roundup of what’s going on in the courts, on the statute books and at the Regulators across the UK’s jurisdictions is brief, relevant, non-technical and light-hearted – your essential guide to all Financial Services matters. Please […]

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By Stuart McBride New guidance entitled “Dress codes and sex discrimination – what you need to know” was published by the Government Equalities Office last week. It follows the 2016 online petition started by a woman who was sent home from work when she refused to wear high heels. The petition led to a Parliamentary Enquiry […]

On 6 March 2017, in New York, delegations of both countries signed, before the United Nations’ Secretary-General and Portugal’s former Prime-Minister, António Guterres, the “Treaty Between the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and Australia Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea”. The new maritime boundaries between the two countries represent, after almost 50 years, Australian’s […]

Law No. 7/2018 was published on 2 March and created a legal regime for the conversion of unsubordinated credits into capital in commercial companies, or companies adopting a commercial form, incorporated under the Laws of Portugal. The new law entered into force on the day after its publication and clearly aims to provide an extrajudicial […]

Lithium minerals have seen a rise in demand and price since 2011, which became even greater in 2016, and the expectation is that this rise will continue along with the growing demand for electric vehicles. Lithium supply security has become a top priority for technology companies in the United States and Asia and, worldwide, lithium […]

Presidential Decree no. 86/18 was published on 2 April. This Presidential Decree approves the Rules and Procedures for Tenders to Acquire the status of Associate of the National Concessionaire and for Procurement of Goods and Services in the Petroleum Sector. Like Decree no. 48/06 of 1 September, which is now repealed, this new piece of […]

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When sports retailer Nike made clear it was after a one-stop shop for legal advice, Dutch firm Kennedy Van der Laan internalised the brand’s famous slogan and Just Did it. Unsurprising, given that the brand churns out $25bn in annual global revenues. But nothing is ever as easy as just doing it, especially given that […]

DLA Piper has advised the shareholder of Amazing Holding on the sale of B2S Group to Q-Dance Partners, part of SFX/ID&T. SFX/ID&T has acquired 50 per cent of the shares of B2S, a Dutch festival promoter. The other 50 per cent was already held by acquisition entity Q-Dance. The deal will give SFX/ID&T a larger […]

Weightmans has appointed Alison Littley, the former chief executive of public sector procurement agency Buying Solutions, as its first non-executive director. Littley’s appointment follows a lengthy search for a non-executive which kicked off last year (29 April 2013). Littley served as CEO of Buying Solutions between 2006 and 2011, having previously held management roles at […]

In January 2014, the FCA issued guidance on proportionality in the operation of certain remuneration provisions. The remuneration provisions have been among the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive’s (AIFMD’s) most controversial elements. Three of these provisions in particular have attracted industry attention: retained structures, deferral and performance adjustment. Subject to various conditions, the retained structures rules […]

After a slump in Hong Kong IPO activity, the sector is hotting up again. There is fierce competition for adviser mandates, and it looks like US firms are winning the race against their UK counterparts. Between January 2013 and February 2014, US firms scored a total of 84 advisory roles in Hong Kong IPOs, compared […]

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Clifford Chance has refocused its global innovation strategy around expanding on its network of innovation and delivery hubs around the world, The Lawyer can reveal. The hubs in Singapore, New York, Dubai and London will focus on key innovation points for the firm and will work alongside resource management, pricing and pitching support teams as well as assisting […]

Linklaters heavyweight M&A partner Roger Barron is exiting the firm after 17 years to join Paul Hastings in London. This move comes exactly a week after Paul Hastings announced the hire of DLA Piper partner Anu Balasubramanian. Barron featured in The Lawyer Hot 100 2018, sealing his place in this year’s Hot 100 following his work closing […]

A team of 15 lawyers across four different Norton Rose Fulbright offices in the US have decamped to join Reed Smith. The team includes global head of life sciences and healthcare Rick Robinson, Washington partner Lesley Reynolds, Austin partners Jeff Layne and Ben Koplin and New York partner Cori Goldberg. Two Norton Rose associates, Washington […]

Clifford Chance is searching for its first global head of inclusion and diversity, just a few weeks after the firm revealed a 66 per cent pay gap in its gender pay gap reporting. Clifford Chance’s new global head of diversity and strategy will be based in any of the firm’s 32 worldwide offices, and will work […]

Addleshaw Goddard has called on Clyde & Co to defend the firm over advice given to big four accountancy firm Deloitte by its Scottish arm, legacy HBJ Gateley, before its 2017 merger. Deloitte was originally drafted in during the collapse of a caravan park business owned by the now-defunct Scottish business Arthur Holgate & Son, […]

DWF asked equity partnership for a raise in capital contributions for the first time in seven years, The Lawyer has learned. The call for further contributions was made towards the end of 2017, though fixed share partners were exempt, CEO and managing partner Andrew Leaitherland told The Lawyer. A series of conversations between the firm’s management and fixed-share partners […]